> i suspect checkinstall may be what you're looking for

Yep!  

Derek has a great explanation:
http://www.jennings.homelinux.net/modules.php?name=Sections&op=viewarticle&artid=10

I had downloaded a precompiled version of rox-filer, and 
checkinstall correctly understood the install script, etc.  Now i 
have 2.0.0 installed *and* my urpmi knows it's 2.0.0!

thanks!
eric

> also, if you've added your contrib sources properly,
>     # urpmi checkinstall
> should get your the rpm for your version of mandrake.

> > I installed a newer version of roxfiler that was not an rpm.
> >
> > How do i make the rpm utils see that as my most current
> > version?


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